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Omnibus 2
The story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state.
17 Jul 2020,·57 mins
Deep Sea Mining
Is mining the deep ocean the solution to the world's growing demand for valuable metals?
23 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Part Four
The Chinese toddlers learning about the world through Teletubbies, a British TV series
28 Nov 2002,·28 mins
Making Ends Meet
Sean Farrington talks to people who need a second job so they can afford to live.
15 Apr 2025,·28 mins
Series 8
The buy button
How advertisers are trying to use neuroscientific techniques to hack our brains.
05 Apr 2021,·28 mins
Homelessness Unwrapped with Katie Melua
Singer/songwriter Katie Melua explores issues surrounding homelessness.
06 Dec 2021,·11 mins
Omnibus 4
Greg Jenner dives into the BBC archive to explore changes over the past century.
16 Dec 2022,·57 mins
30/03/2022
Claudia Hammond asks 'Can bosses be kind?'
30 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Perth
John Harris talks to people in Perth about their lives and how they see the future.
09 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Part Three
One man's reflection on his journey to the place of his birth in Sichuan, China
16 May 2000,·13 mins
1. The Fan Dance
Horatio Clare discovers how infantry soldiers are shaped by the Brecon Beacons' landscape
09 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Omnibus
The story of one man's toxic obsession and the battle for South Africa's future.
17 Dec 2021,·57 mins
None of the Above
Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
19 Jan 2024,·14 mins
The football split in Northern Ireland – who is kicking with the wrong foot?
Tim McGarry and Dr David Hume kick around the political football of, well, football.
10 Feb 2024,·30 mins
Episode 3
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
03 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Amy and Ian
Psychology graduate Amy meets Ian, who survived three years of unemployment in the 1980s.
19 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Forced Labour Conference - Part Five
There are 12 million slaves around the world. What can be done?
24 May 2005,·22 mins
Patterns of Disease
The shocking truth about patterns in global disease
23 Oct 1998,·13 mins
The Leatherback Sea Turtle
They are not domesticated, kept or farmed
23 Mar 2001,·13 mins
Towards Healthier Societies
How do we measure the health of a society? And how can we improve it?
06 Jul 2000,·24 mins
The Environment
Environmental disasters and ecological policies for protection of the environment
23 Mar 2000,·13 mins
Episode 11: Insurrection
With Trump out of office, Leah Sottile on what’s next for America’s far-right.
25 Jan 2021,·27 mins
Arabia and the Byzantine Empire
Extended influence of Islam across Arabia and tensions with the Byzantine Empire.
08 Feb 1996,·13 mins
Patricia Clavin explores the cult of Egyptomania in the 1920s.
28 Oct 2019,·28 mins
Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.
28 Mar 2015,·25 mins
2. Budapest
Hear the world's cities through the ears of BBC Presenter and blind traveller, Peter White
05 Oct 2013,·30 mins
Episode 2
Robert McCrum goes in search of Shakespeare in 21st-century America.
26 Apr 2016,·30 mins
Omnibus Part 2
Lynsey Hanley explores the UK's housing crisis through the stories of five homes.
15 Oct 2021,·57 mins
Change brings opportunities and challenges to the continent
06 Mar 2003,·28 mins
Anne Askew
Tudor housewife Anne Askew's conversion to Protestantism tore her family apart.
13 Aug 2008,·30 mins
